Ju Ji Hun's acting career actually went quite smoothly at the beginning. In 2006, 24-year-old Ju Ji Hun and popular girl idol Yoon Eun Hye starred in the TV series Palace. This story was set in the virtual 2 1 century constitutional monarchy in South Korea, and it was very popular, which not only set an average audience rating of 23.6% in South Korea, but also was loved by many viewers in China. With the drama Palace, Ju Ji Hun, who played first hero for the first time, became a popular Korean star.
However, after becoming popular, Ju Ji Hun didn't take good care of his feathers. In March, 2008, after drinking with male artist Yi Xueying, Ju Ji Hun was drunk and attended a drug party at his peers' home. Ju Ji Hun took drugs twice. Ju Ji Hun admitted all the drug-taking behaviors when he was investigated by the police. On suspicion of taking drugs, Ju Ji Hun was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the Criminal Court of Seoul Central Court in 2009, suspended for 1 year, and ordered to participate in 120 hours of social welfare activities.
The exposure of this drug abuse scandal has dealt a heavy blow to Ju Ji Hun's rising career. Not only has the performance qualification of the new drama been cancelled, but even the film he is participating in may be forced to stop showing. At that time, everyone thought that because of this drug abuse incident, Ju Ji Hun's future performing arts activities in Korea and other Asian countries would be greatly affected.